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From: Otto Wyss <otto.wyss@bluewin.ch>
To: David Ford <david@blue-labs.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:44:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ABC5E89.FB6A2C89@bluewin.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ABB6B82.62293CAD@uni-mb.si> <3ABBA400.2AEC97E8@bluewin.ch> <3ABBD11D.FE20FB69@blue-labs.org>

> No, the correct answer is if you want a reliable recovery then run your disks
> in non write buffered mode.  I.e. turn on sync in fstab.
> 
You probably haven't tried to use sync or you would have noticed the
performace penalty. I think nobody really considers sync an alternative.

O. Wyss

  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-24  8:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-23 15:28 Linux should better cope with power failure David Balazic
2001-03-23 18:22 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-03-26  9:34   ` David Balazic
2001-03-23 19:29 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-23 22:41   ` David Ford
2001-03-24  8:44     ` Otto Wyss [this message]
2001-03-24  9:47       ` David Ford
2001-03-24 10:28         ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-26 10:22     ` David Balazic
2001-03-26 10:17   ` David Balazic
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-19 22:35 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 23:12 ` John R Lenton
2001-03-19 22:11 Stephen Gutknecht (linux-kernel)
2001-03-19 22:39 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-20 21:38   ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-03-19 21:16 Torrey Hoffman
2001-03-19 22:28 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-19 23:05   ` Andre Hedrick
2001-03-19 19:46 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 19:59 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-03-19 20:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 20:51   ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 21:08     ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 21:35     ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 21:59       ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 22:15       ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 15:14         ` Ben Ford
2001-03-19 23:07   ` Werner Almesberger
2001-03-19 20:19 ` William T Wilson

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